Is r/jellyfin dead forever?

[T.S. Vaidyanathan]

I like this forum, and it has been very useful. But out of curiousity, will the r/jellyfin reddit page come back online? I dont think that Reddit Management is going to do anything different, and the Apollo creator has already moved out of this space. I realise the move was taken to support Open Source and Independent creators, but I dont see Reddit Management changing their policy anytime soon. If Jellyfin refuses to be on Reddit, till they change their policies, then I dont see Jellyfin back on Reddit. I realise the onus should be squarely on Reddit to do the right thing, but their track record so far shows that they have no intention of doing the same. They can afford to wait it out. The Jellyfin community on Reddit was far more accessible. I am speaking as a pure user, and not a contributor.

Just my thoughts. Some of them are probably not great takes, but I just want this community to be back on its feet with full engagement again. I feel Reddit had that a bit more than this forum. Though as alternatives go, this forum aint half bad.

[mcarlton00]

It's not so much a protest from the reddit management as that the subreddit was just lousy from a support standpoint.  Reddit search is a well documented disaster, so it ends up in this cycle of answering the same half dozen questions over and over again.  Plus, there's no good separation of areas.  Troubleshooting mixed with dev work mixed with miscellaneous discussions, it all ended up in one big pile that had to be sorted through.  Flair kinda worked for this, if you squint and tilt your head a bit, but not particularly well.  The forum is a lot more convenient in that regard.

The other side of the coin is manpower.  There's only so many people on the team, and splitting our attention between the forum and reddit means neither gets the attention it deserves.  And a decent portion of the team have deleted their reddit accounts.

The subreddit still exists, all the historical knowledge is still there, but for the foreseeable future it's just a place for us to make announcements rather than a place for users to post.

[T.S. Vaidyanathan]

Fair Enough. That makes sense. Nothing but respect for the people working hard for not a lot of compensation.

[1hitsong]

for not a lot of compensation.

Whoa, y'all are getting paid?